Evener.



J. P. GORMODE.

EVENER. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 23. 191p.

1,038,725. 7 Patented Sept. 17,1912.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN PAULUGGI CORMOIDE, 0F CHATHAM TOWNSHIP, KENT COUNTY, ONTARIO,CANADA.

EVENER.

Specification of Letters Patent,

Patented Sept. 17, 1912.

Application filed June 23, 1910. Serial No. 568,481.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN PAULUCCI common, a subject of the King ofGreat Britain, residing in the township of Chatham, in the county ofKent, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Eveners, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in eveners and particularly inthree horse eveners, in which a double tree and a swingle tree, operatein conjunction with a set of levers that are attached to a trussed drawbeam, operating independently on top of the pole or tongue.

The objects of my improvements are; first to provide a device so thateach horse will do its own proportion of the work, with side draftreduced to a minimum; secondly, to provide a device which affords aneasy means of regulating and equalizing the pulling stress to eachhorse.

WVith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will behereinafter more particularly described, and then claimed, and indescribing the invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the entire device attached to a section of anordinary binder pole. Fig. 2 is a sectional view through the truss bar,the securing block for said bar and a part of the pole being shown inside elevation, and Fig. 3 is a view of the draw bar showing the clipfor securing the same to the pole.

The truss member may be made of any desirable material, and of anydesired form, but is preferably made, as herein shown, of two metalmembers, the truss bar being designated as A, the truss bar being of aform which will bring its ends parallel with the ends of the principalbar A, to which This truss member embodying the two bars as shown issecured to the pole E by means of a clip B bolted to the pole E as at Eand receiving in its recessed ends the rods A, A constituting the trussmember.

The truss member carries at its ends the sleeves or clips b-, b, therearwardly, extending flanges 15 of which are provided with a pluralityof apertures 16 in one aperture of each slip or sleeve of which is engaged the forward ends of draw rods rZ, cl,

the rear ends of said rods being detachably engaged in one or the otherof apertures 18 provided in a substantially-segment-shaped draw bar Dsecured to the tongue or pole E as by a clip or clevis -e-.

An evener lever F is provided, preferably formed of two spaced similarmembers, curved or bent into somewhat of a V-shaped form, and which atthe bow thereof receive between them the double tree H. The arms of thisevener lever F are of unequal length, the shorter arms being adjustablyconnected by a link or straps C, with the clip or sleeve at one end ofthe truss bar, and the longer arm of said evener lever F ispivotally-connected to one end of an auxiliary evener lever Gr.Adjustable connection is provided between the clip or sleeve 6 on oneend of the truss bar and the lever G by a strap or link C similar to thestrap or link G con: necting the shorter arm of lever F to the sleeve B.

The auxiliary lever G is provided adja cent its outer end with aplurality of apertures 31, any one of which is adapted to receive thepivot 32 of a link or clevis -g, which carries a swingletree J.Swingletrees L and H are connected by the usual straps or clevises M andN to the respective ends of the double tree H. The double tree H and theevener lever F operate on top of the pole E.

In Fig. 1 the evener is shown in full lines as adapted for three horses,and in dotted line position the evener lever F, auxiliary evener lever Gand draw rod cl are so shown in the position of such parts when thedevice is adapted for two horses. To adapt the dc vice for use as a fourhorse evener, will require that the truss member be slightly longer,together with the draw rods (1, (1, than is required for a three horseevener.

The entire device lies upon and operates on the upper side of the tongueor pole, the truss bar and the double trees and swingle trees operatingindependently of the tongue.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is In an evener, a truss bar secured to atongue and having a long and a short arm on respective sides of thetongue, an evener lever comprising two similar members, a

2 V I l V double tree carried between the members, carried by the longerarm of said eukiliary said evener barhavingalong andashortarm,evenenlever, and swingle trees carried by 10 the shorter arm connectedto the shorter arm said double tree.

of the truss bar an auxiliary evener lever connected to the longer armof the truss bar, A JOHN PAULUOCI OORMODE' the shorter arm of saidauxiliary evener Witnesses? lever connected With the longer arnrof theBELLE MOCOMBS,

first nentioned evener level, a swingle tree E'THEL CONLON.

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